Legitimate Game
Are you sure this is supposed to happen?

Anastasia : Chapter Ten
( what do you mean we have to jump? )

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"So… you found yourself on another world, too?"

Alexis nodded at the question, watching the scenery whirl past their train cabin. They – that is, her, Rachelle and Sora – decided that it would be better to follow Anastasia and Dimitri when the two girls told their companion about what they thought might happen.

"There are no Heartless…"

Rachelle raised and lowered one shoulder at the brunette boy's proclamation. "They'll show up, sooner or later." He shot her a glare.

"Well, you're very optimistic." She stuck out her tongue and turned to Alexis, who was watching them with mild interest.

"There's that evil guy, Rasputin or whatever, right?" She nodded, looking around her slightly.

"I'm very sure he's already been or going to be taken by the Heartless."

"How do you know about this, anyway?" Both girls shrugged in answer.

"What world was it?" Alexis blinked. What is the world, anyway?

"Don't know. But it's a castle that's very big…" She trailed off.

"Why are you not telling us everything?" Rachelle spoke up blandly, earning her a curious glance from Sora and a pleading one from Alexis. Raising her eyebrows in slight surprise, she changed the topic. "What's up with your sword?"

"Oh, this?" Asked the blonde girl, taking Ragnarok from the sheath and holding it out in front of her. "It's called Ragnarok. Why?" She watched curiously as Rachelle leered at the handle of the sword.

"Say, aren't those flowers the same as the ones on your top?" She asked suddenly and Alexis lowered the weapon, looking at her hoodie and shrugging. "Your gloves, too." Continued Rachelle, leaning against the wall of the compartment.

"Haha, you're right!" Exclaimed Alexis, peering between her sword and clothes. "What does it mean, though?" She leaned the sword on one of the walls.

"Have you tried dismissing it?" Piped up Sora from across them, holding out his hand. Immediately, the Keyblade appeared in a flash of white sparkles. "I know Rachelle does that with her staff, and I do the same with the Keyblade." He grinned.

"You have a staff?" The blonde girl asked, looking back at her friend. Shrugging, the brunette held out her hand and her weapon appeared after a few seconds. She held it out to her friend as she looked closer to examine it.

"It's pretty…" Murmured Alexis, running her fingers over the surface of it. "What's it called?" Rachelle shrugged and dismissed it.

"Dunno. I'm calling it Shimmer for now, though." She stuck out her tongue as the other girl laughed slightly.

"So how do you dismiss your weapons?" She asked, picking up her own weapon and holding it tightly in her hands. Grinning, Sora sat up straighter.

"Easy!" He said. "Just think with your mind with the image of it disappearing, and when you want to summon it, you do the opposite." Blinking confusedly, Alexis frowned and closed her eyes.

"Okay…" The two watched as the sword stayed solid for a few seconds, then suddenly shimmered with blue and green butterfly-like things, before flashing and disappearing. The gloves on Alexis's hands glowed the same color and she opened her eyes, smiling widely.

"It worked!" She squealed, twirling in a circle. She stopped and grinned at Sora and Rachelle. "Thanks so much! Now I won't have to lug it around everywhere with me everywhere—!" She was interrupted as they felt the cart behind them quake slightly. Running to the window, Rachelle cursed.

"The cart's already been high-wired!" Running back to where the break was at the other side of the cabin, she watched, as the compartment with Anya was pulled apart by Dimitri and trailed behind them. Cursing again and groaning, she turned back to her companions.

"We have to jump!" Both of their eyes widened as they spluttered.

"Jump!? Whatda ya mean we have to jump!" Cried Sora, mouth gaping.

"I gotta agree with spiky here!" Whined Alexis, eyes trailing between Rachelle and the opening. "You've gotta be kidding!" Narrowing her eyes, the brunette girl crossed her arms.

"It's either we jump, or we plunge to death at the speed we're going." Sighing, the two looked at each for a few seconds before groaning and quickly gathering any belongings they might have dropped while on the train.

"But if we die still," muttered Alexis, "I swear I'll haunt you wherever we'll end up." Rachelle stuck out her tongue at her friend and turned to face the rushing ground below them. Joining hands with the two others, she grinned.

"Ready?"

"Of course not," said Sora, looking cautiously below them. "But we don't have any other choice, do we?" Rachelle shook her head.

"Nope… Three, two, one!" She counted off, all jumping at the 'one'.

"I can fly!" She yelled dramatically for the few seconds that they were air born, before collapsing completely in the snow. Sora and Alexis landed beside her in large lumps, groaning loudly.

"I am never doing that again," muttered Sora, sitting up and dusting off the white flakes off of himself. Alexis sat up beside him, glowering. Sighing, she crossed her arms and looked at Rachelle.

"What are we gonna do now?" She asked. Rachelle smiled sweetly.

"We ask to travel with Anya, Vladimir and Dimitri, of course." She ran over to where the three were gathering up their stuff. "Hi there!" She yelled cheerily, waving. They turned to her in mild surprise.

"And who might you be?" Asked Dimitri, examining them.

"Oh, it's you!" He turned at Anya's exclamation as she pointed a finger at Alexis. Said blonde girl waved sheepishly.

"Are you by any chance going to Paris?" Asked the Rachelle, twiddling her thumbs.

"Why, of course we are! And the more company, the better!" Cried Vladimir happily, already heading off towards a direction. Shrugging, Dimitri and Anya followed.

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"Are we walking to Paris?"

Sora choked on thin air at the question and turned wildly to face the three. "You've gotta be kidding me!" He cried, waving his hands around. "That's… that's way too far!"

Alexis rolled her eyes from beside him and patted his shoulder. "We're taking a boat, what else?"

He sighed in relief. "Oh, good." He paused suddenly. "How far is it to the boat?"

Dimitri shrugged. "I'd say a few more days."

The Keybearer groaned.

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"If I can do it, then you can do it!"

Sora watched in amusement as Dimitri and Vladimir tried to teach Anya in the ways of being a royalty, Rachelle and Alexis humming along and trying to copy the moves.

They sang the song repeatedly through their journey all the way to the boat, from plain walking to riding on carts they could manage to hitchhike.

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"Aw, isn't that so sweet?" Cooed Rachelle, watching on the deck of the ship as Anya and Vladimir waltzed, looking lost in their own little world. Alexis giggled beside her and sighed dreamily.

"I wish there were more guys like that," She said. Sora raised his eyebrows.

"If you're going to be girl-talking, I'll just leave then," He muttered half-jokingly, shooting them a slight glare. The two laughed and stuck their tongue out at him, reverting their gazes back to the couple.

"Aw," Whined Rachelle, stomping her foot.

"They didn't kiss!" Continued Alexis, pouting.

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"What's happening…?" Muttered Rachelle, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. She suddenly lurched forward as the boat rocked, sending the other occupant awake as well.

"It's this soon already?" Groaned Alexis, sitting up from the floor. Rubbing the spot where her head hit one of the bunks, she muttered a few curses. Staggering to the door with the brunette girl by her side, she threw it open and stumbled outside, covering her eyes with her arm.

"Okay, this is so much worse than it looked in the movie!" She cried as the waves crashed against the walls, sending the two toppling close to the edge.

"Stupid storms!" Wailed Rachelle, clutching the railings to keep from falling over.

"There's Anya and Dimitri!" Called the blonde, pointing towards where the man held the struggling Anya. The storm suddenly calmed, and the two girls half-groaned half-smiled.

"We're all wet now," Mumbled the brunette as they trudged back to their cabin. "Why did we get out again?"

Alexis stuck her tongue out at her. "It was a sweet thing to see, don't you think?" She asked, opening the door and crawling back into her bottom bunk. "We should be getting to Paris soon," she mumbled. "The city of lights, eh?"

Rachelle chuckled from atop her own bed. "Once in a life time chance."

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"Oh, we did it!" Cried Vladimir joyously, running out to the garden. "Our little Anya will be going to see the Duchess!" He sighed happily.

Alexis and Rachelle stood behind him, leaning on the doors. "I'm happy for her," Said Rachelle after a few seconds of watching Dimitri converse with Vladimir. "But Rasputin will be coming soon, right?" She turned to face her friend questioningly. Alexis nodded.

"Yeah. But until then – we can enjoy ourselves, right?" Both girls grinned at each other as Sophie came bustling out, Anya behind her.

"Shopping, my dear! We must go shopping!" She exclaimed, twirling around in her dress.

Both girls' grins widened, and they turned to look at each other again. "Munny?" Questioned Rachelle.

Alexis shrugged. "I don't think so…" She smiled sweetly. "But you can lend me some, right?" The brunette laughed just as Sora came out of the house, groaning once he overheard the word 'shopping'.

"You owe me, though! And I'll be expecting the payment soon!"

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"Wow, look at all these people!" Mumbled the blonde excitedly, watching the crowd dance grandly behind the curtains. She turned when Rachelle came up behind her.

"Makes you want to go join them, doesn't it?" She sighed wistfully. Alexis shrugged.

"We wouldn't have anybody to go as our dates, anyways." She fingered the hem of her newly bought light green dress. "And we got these dresses for nothing, too." Both girls sighed simultaneously.

"Pity," said Rachelle after a few seconds, looking over her own dark red dress. "I don't think they sell dresses like these in any other worlds."

"You might be happy with your outfits, but I'm not." They turned at the sound of Sora's voice, as he stood tugging at his tie.

"Wow, it's not everyday you see Sora in a tux!" Joked Alexis, watching him now play with the sleeves of the black outfit. He shot a glare her way.

"And hopefully, it'll be the last time, too." Rachelle shrugged.

"Well, there's gonna be your wedding, isn't there?" She said teasingly, laughing when Sora's face went red. Shaking his head and messing up his hair even further, he looked out towards some of the windows.

"That guy you were talking about earlier – Rasputin, right? – he'll be attacking soon, isn't he?" Both girls nodded gravely, looking back out towards the dance floor.

"Do you think Anya will be fine?" Suddenly asked Rachelle. "I mean, he'll probably be Heartless…" The three looked at each other with wide eyes.

"Oh no," Muttered Alexis, watching Anya walk out to the balcony out of the corners of her eyes. "He's just become even more dangerous…" She groaned.

"We should follow her, right?" Questioned Rachelle, already walking towards the doors. "I think she'll need all the help we can get." The trio rushed out to the gardens after Anya just as she entered the maze.

"Anya!" Rachelle yelled, but the Russian Princess didn't seem to hear it. Cursing as the vines grew and covered the entrance, she summoned her staff.

"Fire!" The little flame didn't seem to do much, due to the girl still being a beginner. Groaning, she tried over and over again.

"Firaga!" The three turned as a large burst of flame rushed past them, burning all the vines with a loud hiss. Donald and Goofy came to stand behind them, the magician looking quite proud.

"Donald? Goofy?" Asked Sora confusedly. "How did you get here?" Goofy tapped his chin in thought.

"Well, we thought you might need some help, ha-yuck. So we followed you with the Gummi Ship."

"…How did you know where we were?" Rachelle leered at them suspiciously. Donald leaned his staff against his shoulder.

"Trackers were put on you two, signaling your location on the Gummi Ship." He squawked and dodged the swipe the brunette girl sent at him, glowering.

"You micro-chipped us?" She wheezed.

"Well, it proved useful, didn't it?" She glared at Sora, who in turn backed away slightly. Donald then looked at Alexis, peering at her closer.

"Who are you?" He asked and the girl smiled slightly.

"I'm Alexis, a friend of Rachelle and Sora's." Goofy nodded.

"You're one of the people they were searching for!" He exclaimed, and Alexis shrugged.

"We should try to find Anastasia, don't you think?" She motioned towards the maze, already summoning her sword. "There are probably Heartless there, so we should be careful."

The four nodded and entered the suddenly foreboding-looking greenery decoration, whether it was Keyblade, staff, shield or sword at ready.

A/n: eew. I think I'm sick. (

Anyways, sorry for the kinda-short chapter, and rushed, but my head's been bothering me all day and I promise I'll try to make the next chapter better... I also decided to not pair Rachelle up with Sora, but instead either get an OC or leave her pairless for now. I haven't decided which.

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